| 1. Text number |
Drangsong 246 |
| 2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
༄༅།། དགུ་མིག་དུར་འདོན་བཞུགསྷོ།།
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| 3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration |
dGu mig dur ’don bzhugs+ho/ |
| 4. A brief summary of the item’s contents |
According to the theory of the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams, a ritual to attenuate the periodical possibility of disasters in one’s personal life. |
| 5. Number of folios |
4 |
| 6. Scribe’s name |
None |
| 7. Translation of title |
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| 8. Transcription of colophon |
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| 9. Translation of colophon |
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| 10. General remarks |
A ritual text related to elemental divination for avoiding fatal calamities. |
| 11. Remarks on script |
dpe tshugs |
| 12. Format |
Loose leaves |
| 13. Size |
8.5 × 29 cm |
| 14. Layout |
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| 15. Illustrations and decorations |
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| 16. Paper type |
Woven, 2 layers, soft with polishing traces and many creases on the surface |
| 17. Paper thickness |
0.16–0.30 mm |
| 18. Nos of folio sampled |
f. 1 left bottom corner |
| 19. Fibre analysis |
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| 20. AMS 14C dating |
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| 21. XRF analysis |
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| 22. RTI |
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| 23. GCMS |
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